Intermediate - Dad Behind the Video Camera

Here is a recent Intermediate lesson about Dad and the video camera. Places where I know I need help are (hopefully) in red, and have their time markers noted. But I'm sure that's not all the help I need to finish this. Any feedback on how to make this and future transcripts more valuable to the user would be much appreciated.

Patti

DAD BEHIND THE VIDEO CAMERA - INTERMEDIATE

A：老爸，这里风景不错。

B：是啊，我用数码摄像机把它拍下来。

A：要不要我帮你？

B：不用。我已经用了。

A：老爸，你的手抖得很厉害。

B：没事，过一下就好了。

A：还有，你别突然地放大或缩小。要慢慢地调。

B：不是都差不多吗？

A：不一样。如果调得太快，拍出来的视频会很模糊。

B：好好好，我知道了。开始拍了啊!

A：哎，老爸!

B：别罗嗦了。

A：不是，你的镜头盖没打开。

B：哦!

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JP：Hey, you're listening to an Intermediate Lesson on Chinesepod. My name is John.

DL:大家好，我是DiLu.

JP: So, DiLu, today we're talking about some kind of filming?

DL:对，我们今天呢要说“数码摄像机，数码摄像机。”

JP：So, that is digital video camera.

DL:对，我们要说一说怎么要使用这个数码摄像机。

JP：Okay, so how to use it and, specifically, we're telling the kind of older guy, "Dad"...

DL:啊，对的。那么在这个dialogue里面呢，我们会有一个老爸和他的女儿，在要拍东西。

JP：Okay, so they're filming stuff so we use the verb...

DL:拍，拍东西。

JP：Okay, 拍，that's first tone. Now, before we start, though, let's listen to the word for digital video one more time.

DL:嗯，‘数码摄像机，数码摄像机’

JP：So, digital, that's fourth tone, third tone, right?

DL:对，数码。

JP:And then, video camera is fourth, fourth, first?

DL:对，摄像机。摄像机。

JP：Okay, let's listen:

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Dialogue 1:10 to1:55

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JP: Alright, so when you decide you want to take a video, you want to do it somewhere that looks nice, right?

DL: 对，那女人就跟爸爸说：“老爸，这里风景不错啊。

JP：So, 风景 is what tones?

DL: 第一声和第三声：风景。

JP：First, third; and that means scenery, right?

DL:You're right.

JP: Okay, so they've got the right scenery and what do they decide to do?

DL: 啊，爸爸他说，“用数码摄像机把它拍下来。”

JP：So he's gonna use the digital video recorder to do what?

DL：把它拍下来。

JP：So what is 它？

DL：啊这个“它”就是“风景”。

JP：Okay, so he wants to record this scenery, apparently.

DL:啊对的。

JP：But the pattern we use is the把 pattern, right?

DL:哦，对。“把它拍下来，把它拍下来。”

JP：Right, so the way this works is, you have 把, then a thing,and then, what you do with it.

DL: 嗯，很有用，啊。

JP：Yeah,you take something and you do something with it. So, what is he doing with the scenery?

DL:拍下来，拍下来。

JP：Okay, so 拍 means to take a picture, or to take video, right?

DL: 是的。

JP：First tone. And then why do we have 下来 on the end?

3:12DL: 那这用法在中文里面听多的。

JP：For example?

DL: 比如说，“把它写下来”

JP：to write down..

DL:对。“把它记下来。”

JP：So, also to write down.

DL:对。

JP：It's almost like when you're recording it, whether you're writing or video taping or taking pictures you can use this "down" directional complement. So, 拍下来， like "record it down".

DL:Exactly.

JP: And that sounds natural in Chinese, right?

DL: 对，用数码摄像机把它拍下来。

JP： Okay, and before we go on let me make one other little point, which is-- you can't just say "把它拍”，right?

DL:不可以。一定要说“把它拍下来”。要一起说。

JP：Right, cuz the thing withthis 把 construction is that you have the 把 , the object, the verb, and then some kind of complement or something coming after the verb...

DL: Ah, sounds very complictated but just remember it as a whole thing.

JP: Alright, one more time...

DL: 用数码摄像机把它拍下来。

JP：Okay, and then the dad says he doesn't needhelp, right?

DL:对，爸爸说“不用，我已经会用了。我已经会用了。”

JP：So, he already knows how to use it. And we express "already" by saying ...

DL: 已经。。什么什么了。

JP：Okay, so there's two parts to it.

DL: 对，放在一起：已经什么什么了。

JP：Okay and what are the tones for 已经？

DL：啊，已经：第三声和第一声。

JP：Okay, third and first.。。

DL:对。

JP：Okay, but what's the problem with 老爸？

DL：t他的手抖的很厉害。抖的很厉害。

JP：So, his hands are doing something terribly. What are they doing?

DL: terribly.

JP: Yeah.

DL:抖的很厉害。

JP：Okay, so 抖。That's third tone, right?

DL: 就是shaking .

JP: shaking. So his hands are shaking.

DL: 对。那‘厉害’呢是表示程度。

JP：Yeah, so the degree to which his hands are shaking. They're shaking pretty bad.

DL; 对，抖的很厉害。

JP：So, this verb 抖, what can we use this for?

DL:啊，那

我们可以说“手抖，或者脚抖。”

JP：So, arms and legs can both shake.

DL:你可以说肚子上的肉抖。

JP：So, the fat on your belly, the meat on your belly is shaking.

DL: Eh, doesn't sound lovely.

JP: Yeah, alright, anyway. Then the daughter has a few other instructions for her dad, right?

DL; 对，她说“别突然的放大或缩小，要慢慢的调。

JP：Okay, so don't do two things, two verbs, right?

DL: 哎，对。那就是“放大”和“缩小”。

JP：So, 放大 literally means "put big".

DL:对。

JP：So, this 放大means 'zoom in'.

DL: 是的。

JP：And, zoom out, of course, is...

DL: ‘缩小，缩小。’

JP：Now , can we say 放小？

DL：不可以。

JP：And can we say "缩大”？

DL：不可以，啊，John.

JP:Alright, so "zoom in" is...

DL:放大。

JP：And "zoom out"....

DL: 缩小。

JP：But she's telling him not to do these things 'suddenly', right?

DL: 啊，对，就是“突然的”。

JP：So, the word for 'sudden'.

DL:突，T- U ，TURAN， R-A-N。第二声。

JP：Alright, first tone, second tone.

DL: 对。

JP：Yeah, she's trying not to end up with some kind of unwatchable video because her dad was going crazy with the zoom, right?

DL:Right, and she says, "要慢慢的调，要谩慢的调。”

JP：So,again we have the adverb coming before the verb, with the 的。

DL：对，慢慢的，慢慢的。

JP：So, this verb ‘调’what does that mean?

DL: 哦，那‘调’就是‘调整’。

JP：Ah, so 'to adjust.'

DL:哎，是的。

JP：So, if he's gonna do the zooming, do it slowly.

DL: 嗯，慢慢的调。

JP：Okay, so the dad thinks this is all the same, huh...

DL: to him.

JP: yeah, 不是都差不多吗？

DL：对，那女儿又说了，“如果调的太快，拍出来的视频会很模糊。

JP：Okay, so IF you make the adjustments too quickly, right?

DL: 对，调的太快。。。

JP：Then, the result is...

DL: 拍出来的视频会很模糊。

JP：I think I just heard the verb 拍 again, right?

DL: 啊，对。但是这里说“拍出来的”视频，“拍出来的视频”。

JP：Okay, so what do we have after the verb 拍？

DL：出来，视频，=拍出来的视频。拍出来。

JP：So, 出来 meaning 'come out', right?

DL: 对，但是在这里表示的是一个结果。

JP：Okay, so it emphasizes a result. So, you know that when you, you know, take pictures and you have them developed, they 'come out', right?

DL:对，拍出来的视频，就是最后你看到的那个视频。

JP：So, in English we also say 'come out', right?'How did it come out?'

DL:哦，对啊，对啊。

JP：So, 拍出来的what?

DL:视频，视频，第四声和第二声。

JP：Okay, fourth tone, second tome.视频 means 'video', right?

DL:对的。那我们平时会看到很多的视频，比如说在“土豆”上，比如说“优酷”啊。。。

JP：Yeah, the Chinese video sites, Tudou and Youku,the videos we watch, those are all 视频。

8：27DL：对。很多人会觉得<<<gao>>>不清楚视频和电影的区别。

JP：Ah, 电影 meaning 'movie' or 'flim', right?

8:35DL: 对。一般形<<wo/wu>>很长.

JP: Right, so when you're talking about电影，you're talking about a full movie.